The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-25

| does not use all us moral anu legal
power to that end. No wrong can be
done to the humblest citizen, and no
right withheld without reacting upon
the community at large. was glad to
hear, in passing through several of the
southern States, conservative citizens
say that public sentiment now
REVoLTs AT THE UNLAWFUL METHODS
to defraud the free exercise of the equal
rights of citizens that. have been adopted
in several States, and are still practiced
in what are known as the black
counties of the south. So long as such
methods are resorted to, there will be
the keen sense of wrong aud injustice to
the injured parts, and those who
prac ice such often ses will in the end
Suffer for it. Sectional feeling will con-
tinue to exist as long as the large
masses of people, whether poor or rich,
white or black, are denied their rights to
SHARE IN SELF GovERNMENT.
But there is another ground upon
which 1 prefer to base my appeal
to the south for justice and fair
pay to the African race. 1t was re-
Gently eloquently stated in debate, by
Senator Vest, of Missouri, that when
our wives and children were in their
hands, during the war they acted so as
to make every man in the south their
friend, who had one particle of man
hood about him. If this be so, as all
history attests, then'we may appeal to
the manly spirit of our own race;
TO PROTECT THESE FREEDMEN
from the lawless injustice and cruelty
of all those of our own race who may,
hereafter seek to deprive them
of their plain Constitutional rights,
either by open force or by
laking advantage of their ignorance.
If the kindly spirit stated by Senator
Vest is manifested. the color line will
gradually fade away, in the dim horizon,
from American politics, and we can
then look only to the safety, develop
ment and power of
ONE GREAT AND UNITED COUNTRY.
Sherman complimented the south on
the vast improvement in the State of
its commerce and manufacturing in
terests and devoted some time to dis
cussion of its labor questions. The
speaker then turned to the discussion
of the questions OF national politics,
which alike affect all parts of
the country, and which alone, he
said, ought to be the subject
Of political discussion: namely, taxa
ton, currency, the public credit, foreign
and domestic commerce, education, in
ternal Improvements and, above all, .
THE MODE OF NATIONAL TAXATION
was the most important. Whichever
party is in power would find it neceS-
sary to secure by some form of taxa
ton about $500 900, 900 of revenue. If
Tennessee should tax the production of
whisky, tobacco or beer. the speaker
said it would only drive the manufac-
ture into neighboring States which
levied no such tax. Another reason why
these articles are taxed by Congress
is, that the tax is easily and
paid than any other. The speaker ex-
planned the views of different parties on
the subject, illustrating them with
voluminous statistics. After illustrat
ing the operation OF the law governing
the duties on imports, and giving
statistics, the Senator spoke
at some length in favor of
THE PROTECTIVE POLICY.
'We have had now" he said, IAN ex-
perience of thirty-fve years under this
system, and We can judge of its effects
which have been seen. In 1860, tie
total manufactures of the United
States were estimated at $3.50 900 600. |
including every variety of mechanical
As have already stated, |
these have increased to over SIS, 200, 000,- |
900 in value
The speaker heapei some good !
natured ridicule on the tariff ideas of |
the Democratic party; touched on the |
financial problem, and said: Zone of |
the great objects of the formation of the |
government was to secure such improve |
ments for commerce. The great cities |
of the country think that all the rivers |
and harbors are unimportant except |
their own, and yet
THE COMMERCE OF THE OHIO AND MIS-
sIssIPPI
rivers is much greater in quantity an
value than the commerce with the
United States and foreign nations"
LII SOASluolOH Ac Sdlu NO pun WIN
} the public expenditure is more pro-
itic of benefit, or is enore carefully |
than that expended by the
corps in their improvement of
,ur rivers and harbors. If President
Cleveland had ever been west of Buffalo,
le would never have pocketed the river
and harbor bill. l believe thatit is a
wise public policy to erect suitable pub
lid RI nar &hn hT1CI n
he country, wherever the amount OF
business will justify such an expendi-
ure."
Senator Sherman, in closing,
EULoGIZED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
1t length, referring to the clamorous
Try OF the Democrats of 1884 about |
time for a change" and denied that |
hey had accomplished or attempted
my important reforms.